Improvement in melodeons



llsirTen STaTss PATTTNT VILLIAM J. KINNABD AND BAPTIST DREllElt, 0FCLEVELAND, OHIO.

A ivlPPtVEh/ENT iN MELODENS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. Lil ',il MP, datedApril 4, 1365.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, W. J. KINNARD and B. DREHER, of Cleveland, in thecounty ot' Cuyahoga and State ot' Uhio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Mclodeons, and we do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and complete description ot the construction andoperation of the same,

' reference being had to accompanying drawings, making a part of thisspecitication, in Which` Figure l is a perspective view of theinelodeon. Fig. 2 is a vertical section.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the two views.

Our improvement relates to a new mode of producing the swell inmelodeons and reedorgans by means ot' a swing door or pannel, to whichthe treadles are connected, and by means of which the swell can beoperated simultaneously w ith blowing the bellows, and without movin gthe feet from the treadles.

Fig. l represents the general outline ot' a mclodeon that can beconstructed with the usual appendages of keys, rceds, bellows, rife.,and to which is connected our improvement for operating the swell, ashereinafter described. To the i'ront is swung or pivoted by means ofhinges b b a pannel or door, A, forming a part et thefront of the case.Project ing from this door, at the lower end, is a platform, d, to whichthe outer edges of the treadles B B are pivoted, and to the inside edgesare attached cords j', as shown in Fig. 2, that pass over pulleys e, andare connected with the bel lows, which are operated by the treadles inthe ordinary manner. To the lower end ofthe door, at one side, issecured an arm, G, to the backend oi which is attached a connectingrod,H, that extends up through the frame, and is pivoted to one end of alever, I, the lever being hung at t' to the side ofthe frame yor case.lhe other end of this lever is connected by a link, p, to the end ofanother lever, J, which is pivoted at j to the slide et' the frame, theother end being attached to the swell L, that extends the whole lengthofthe keys. This swell is operated, raised, or lowered, producing thedesired ett'cct, by means ofthe levers l J, rod ll', and arms G bypressing` slightly on the. treadles with the back part ot' the foot orheel, moving the door inward, as indicated by the dotted lines u, whichcauses the arm G to be in the position indicated at G', that moves therod il upward, causing the levers I and J to take the position indicatedby the dotted lines l" J", elevating the swell, which is lowered whenthe pressure is removed by aspring, I. In this way the swell is raisedor lowered more or less, producing a crescendo or diminuendo as mayberequired; and this can be done simultaneously with operating the bellowsand without changing the position of the feet by simply pressing morewith the` back part of the foot or heel on the treadles than with thetoe, thus greatly facilitating the means by which the swell is produced5 and this arrangement can be made to operate two or more swells withthe same ease that it does one.

The joint or hinges b b can be on the inside or any place where the doorwill be allowed to move in the desired manner, as described.

lVhat we claim as our improvement7 and dcsire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

l. Hanging the door or pannel to the case, in combination with thetreadles, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The arin G and rod il, in combination with the levers l J and swell,substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. rlhe hinged pannel A and trcadles B, in combination with arms G, rodH, and levers I J, substantially as and i'or the purpose dcscribed.

WM. J. lrlNXAll), BAPTIST Dl'lllllfll.. Witnesses W. H. Brummen, A. W.MCULELLAND.

